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Managerial Decisions with Computers in National Directorate of the Merchant Marine in Mozambique World Maritime University The Maritime Commons: Digital Repository of the World Maritime University World Maritime University Dissertations Dissertations 1989 Managerial decisions with computers in national directorate of the merchant marine in Mozambique Boaventura Marcelino Cherinda WMU Follow this and additional works at: https://commons.wmu.se/all_dissertations Recommended Citation Cherinda, Boaventura Marcelino, "Managerial decisions with computers in national directorate of the merchant marine in Mozambique" (1989). World Maritime University Dissertations. 846. https://commons.wmu.se/all_dissertations/846 This Dissertation is brought to you courtesy of Maritime Commons. Open Access items may be downloaded for non- commercial, fair use academic purposes. No items may be hosted on another server or web site without express written permission from the World Maritime University. For more information, please contact [email protected]. WMU LIBRARY | WORLD MARITIME UNIVERSITY- MALMO. SWEDEN MANAGERIAL DECISIONS WITH COMPUTERS IN NATIONAL DIRECTORATE OF THE MERCHANT MARINE IN MOZAMEaQUE bv Boavent.ur a Mar c elino Cher i nda MOZAMBIQUE A oapar submitted to the Faculty o-f the World Maritime University in partial satisfaction of the reaui rements tor the awa^rd o-f a MASTER OF SCIENCE DEGREE IN oi; NERAL MARITIME ADMINISTRATION The contents of this oaper retlect rny personal views and are not necessarily endorsed bv the University. Supervised bv ; Siqnature Professor J.Mlynarczyk» World Maritime University Assessed by: Hans van Walen Lecturer WMU Co-assessed by; Aape Os V i sitin a Pr of essor World Maritime University * 5^ * * .t: >i£ iK * * * * S He *•*•*■**** sK ii': * ^ * ^ *:****** ^: !i: )f« ^ sK t * * 1111 t >|c t t t t t ^1' t )k \i/ 'i: >k $ t $ j{< >f; * * t TD DALY A Ai\iD LITO * t t il-: * * 5K t t t * ;!c t t t t t t t t t >S< ^ ;ic # * !jo|c A S: ^ >|c f !fe 5K S :j£ # # ;!f !f' f 5k A !|i $ ii 5k A A A A A A A A * A A A A A ^ A- A' A A A A TABLE OF CONTENTS PAG. NO. TABLE OF CONTENTS--------------------------------- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT----------------------------- ----- INTRODUCTION------------------------------------- 1 CHAPTER I Economical characteristics of Mozambique I . 1 Location----------------------------- 3 1.2 General principles of the Constitution------------------------- 4 I .,3 Economic Affairs--------------------- . 4 I . 4 Educat ion---------------------------- 7 I. 5 Transport and Communi­ cations------------------------------ 8 1.5.1 Rai Iways------------------------- 9 1.5.2 Roads---------------------------- 9 1.5.3 Civil Aviation-------------- 10 1.5.4 Shipping-------------------------- 10 CHAPTER II Present state in the Maritime Administration II.1.1. Objectives----------------------- 14 11.1.2. Structures----------------------- 15 11.1.3. Functioning---------------------- 19 11.2. Existing information system------ 19 I. CHAPTER III Identification of necessities and proposed inf restructures III. l Objectives------------------------- 21 I 11.2 Ideas of the new system------------ 22 CHAPTER IV Recommendations and proposed schedule for Implementat ion IV. 1 Organization Structure-------------- 2*9 IV.2 Office Automat ion/Computerization--- 30 IV.3 Procedures for decision making------- 34 CHAPTEIR V Final remarks and conclusions---------- 38 Bibliography--------------------------- 42 Appendix 1 II ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS First D-f all I would like to express my gratitude to Professor Mlynarcsyk and Captain Hans van Walen tor their valuable advice and guidance which I received from them during preparation ot my thesis. My thanks are also ottered to English Lecturers, particularly to Ingar Batista, tor her comments and correction ot my English. I also thank Hife Excellency Armando Emilio Guebuza and His Excellency Isaias de Abreu Muhate, Minister and Vice-Minister ot Transport and Communicatione respectively, tor making it possible tor me to attend this course at the World Maritime University. Last but not least, I would like to thank my parents, mother-in-law and brothers who supported my family during my study at’ WMU. ,L T |v| "T f~i O O i.j C ■'T I O rvii The People's Republic o-f Mozambique is a coastal state, situated in one o-f the main i nternat i onal routes- Mozambique canal, E<E?cause o-f that, it has speci-fic re'sponsi tai 1 i t i es in the control o-f its territorial waters £=md safest.y of life at sea, within the region, Mozambi ciue is mosmber a of SADCC (Southern Af ri can Devel opment Co--ordi nati on Conf erence> and is responsible for the co--ordi nati on of the transpjort syst em, Since independence many efforts have been made in the country to r e--or gan i z e the maritime transport, Fi;ecentiy, the Nationa.l Directorate of the Merchant Mi-arine and Maritime Admi n i strat i on (NDMM) was created,, However the process of creating and defining the structures of the NDMM is not yet complte. From its oreamble, it can be noticed that further suggestions and c o ,m m e n t s a re s t i 1.1 r e q u i r e d , Therefore, the maci. n objective of this thesis is to dis.cu-ss and prese.nt Bu.ggestio.ns for i ntroduci ,ng the comoutejrs in the National Directorate of the Me?rchant Marine with the aim of improving the dec i si on-maik i ng of thei managers. This thesis does not haxve the intention of putting th actual organization and structures in doubt. Meitner, doe it change the channels of dec i si on-i mp 1 ementaxt i on . The NDMM was created in 1988, while the author was-in Malmo attending Gent?ral Maritime Administration course. T.herefore it is too soo.n to say that its structures does not function. However with the experience acquired in th Wor Id Mar i ti me Uni versi ty and tak i ng i nto accolsnt the Moz amb i can rea 1 i ty the au.t hor• be 1 i eves that gr adually it will be possible to improve the in-formation system in the National Directorate of the Merchant Marine through the use of computers. This thesis is divided ;i.nto five cha.pt.erss — t h e fist c h a p t e r p r e s e n t s t h e c o u n t r y a ri d h i g h 1 i g h t i n g t r a n s port a n d c o m m li n i c a t i o n s ,s -- the second chapter deals with the present organization st r uc t ur B an d existin g in f or mation system in t h e NDMM; -- the third chapter presents what can be done to the new syste?m‘,s -- the fourth chapter presE^nts the 00551516? structure to adopt in the future; -- the 1 £ist one? deals wi'th conclusions and ge?neral rei.mark 1.2 GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF THE CONSTITUTION The Const, i tut. i can came? into -force at Independence on 25 June 1975. The? P. R, c-f Moz amb i c.]ue is a scavereign, i h d e p e n d e n t and d e m o c; r a t i c b t a t e . P o w e r b e 1 o n g s t o t h e? workers and peasantes unitead and led by Frelimo, and is exercised by the cargans o-f oeople-’s power. Frelimo is; the? leading force' of the state and scaciety. The republic has. t h e foil D w i n ca f u n d a rn e n t. a 1 o b j e c t i v e s;; “ Th c? e 1 i m i n at i on caf c: o 1 .can i a 1 an d t r ad i t i on a 1 sit'^uctures? ~ T h c? e >: t s c! s i ca n o f p e ca p 1 e ’ s; ci e m o c: r a t i c: p ca w e r ; — The builcjing of an incie pen dent economy;; — The defense and consolidation caf national i n d e p e n cj e n c e a n c:i i.i .n i t y . p r i V' a t e i? n d .p e r s o n a 1 p r ca p e r t. i b s a r e g li a i'- -a n t e e d a n d f ca r e i o n capital is authorised to caper ate within the framewcark of the state’s; economic: policy. The republic is a secular state in wnicrh there is abscl ute separation betwcc-en the state and religious i ns;t i tut i ons 1.3 ECONOMIC AFFAIRS The economy is based on agriculture, which employed abcaut 837. of the labour force mainly in subsi stc-ance forming, in 1988. The major c:as;h ccrops are cashew nuts, sugar cane, cotton, tea and sisal. Maiare, bananas, rice and coconuts are grown as well. Since Mozambiciue achieved i ndcapendence in 1975, agricultural production has been h.ampered by a lack c?f s k i 11 ca d m a n p o w e r , a c 3 v e r s e w e a t h e r c: c? n d i t i o n s , a n d pe.>-sistent security proble.ms. Since? 19'76^mcjre than 1,500 communal villages have been estab 1 i shcad , and state farms set up, in the e-ftort to "s-Dcialize" the rural sector., By 1980, 165 agricultural co-operatives had also been established, and in 1985 it was estimated that the state and co-operative sectors together accounted for about 40% of the marketed agricultural production.
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